-Cultivate and foster partnerships with school districts, informal education providers, industry, and other key stakeholders to design and implement K12 STEM education programs and conduct research to advance STEM teaching and learning. -Procured 35 local, state, and federal STEM education grants totaling more than $4.5M.-Instructor for Q200, Introduction to Scientific Inquiry, a lab-based science course and E328, Science Education Methods.-Co-PI on NSF STEM+C Collaborative Research Grant titled PrimaryAI: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Upper Elementary Science with Immersive Problem-Based Learning. This $1.5M project investigates how young learners can be introduced to the fundamentals of artificial intelligence in the context of its application to solving core science problems. -PI of Educating for Environmental Change, a project that helps educators effectively teach the science and policy of climate change. -PI of ISTEAM, Integrating Art into STEM, a project that brings together art and STEM educators to explore connections and develop inquiry-based activities that engage students in creative and innovative pursuits.-PI of Project LIFT, a program that integrates STEM and literacy using the Novel Engineering curriculum for rural Indiana schools. -Co-PI of Global STEAM, a project that helps teachers infuse global perspectives into STEAM education. -Develop and implement Authentic STEM (A-STEM) projects, school–based communities of practice that utilize industry aligned tasks and STEM professional volunteers in the classroom. To date, these projects have been implemented in 12 school districts directly impacting more than 870 students and 35 educators.-Led international collaboration projects in Ankara, Bangkok, Berlin, and the Galapagos Islands.

-Co-developed WaterBotics, a curriculum that tasks middle and high school students to design, build, and test underwater robots, funded by two successive NSF grants (waterbotics.org).-Facilitated more than 60 one-day and week-long STEM, STEAM, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) professional development workshops for K-12 formal and informal educators using innovative curricula, research-based instructional strategies, and grade-level and age appropriate exemplars. Consistently received excellent reviews from attendees. -Designed and implemented STEAM: Integrating Art into STEM, a project funded by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation that brought together middle school art and STEM teachers to engage students in creative and technological pursuits. The STEAM program impacted more than 90 educators and 15,000 students from high-needs urban school districts throughout New Jersey (ciese.org/steam).-Partnered with the Bayer Foundation and Astronaut Mae Jemison to plan, facilitate, and direct the Bayer Alka-Seltzer Rocket Challenge for more than 500 NJ middle school students at Liberty Science Center (NJ), Spring 2014.-Cultivated partnerships with Stevens Institute's faculty members, various school districts, grant providers, and organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of New Jersey, to improve teaching and learning of K-12 science and engineering education. -Provided educator coaching support for CIESE’s PISA2 program, an $11.5M NSF grant aimed at improving teaching of physical science for teachers, grades 3-8.-Organized numerous outreach programs for Stevens Institute of Technology including the annual STEM-A-Thon, the WaterBotics and STEAM Summer Academies, Family Engineering Nights, and programming for the Stevens Enrichment Program. -Presented at numerous professional conferences including ITEEA, NSTA, ASEE, and NAA.

-Instructed hands-on classes of life, earth, and physical science providing innovative lessons through the use of multiple pedagogical approaches and technologies. -Received 16 classroom funding grants totaling more than $15,000 and earned more than 800 hours of professional development.-Corresponded with students and parents through daily blogs and emails. -Developed programming pertaining to experiences with NASA: Chosen as a finalist to NASA’s Astronaut Corps out of more than 10,000 applicants, June 2004. Selected to NASA’s Network of Educator Astronaut Teacher (NEAT) Program to promote space and earth science education initiatives. Invited participant to NASA’s Johnson (Summer 2004), Goddard (February, 2005), and Kennedy (August, 2005) Space Centers to learn about NASA’s educational opportunities and programs. Invited to STS-115 launch (August, 2006).-Developed programming pertaining to experiences with Earthwatch:Joined grant-funded “Moose and Wolves” ecological study on Isle Royale, MI to investigate predator/prey relationships (August, 2005). Joined grant-funded “Early Man in Spain” paleontological dig in Orce, Spain to determine when and how hominids first entered Europe (August, 2003).